(chapter 4/ A Happy Family)
"Please stop... daddy!" A girl screamed, her voice was shaky, barely covering the sob that was about to break out and the angry scary giant shadow figure looked down towards her. "Mum d-did not mean to..."
The figure in front of the girl stopped hurting the beaten woman who was protecting her as she gripped on to her mothers right sleeve tightly before being roughly pulled by the hair away from her mothers safe embrace.
The tall dark figure smiled as if he was happy but not?she cried out in pain as the figures grip tightens on her hair bringing her face closer to its.
"Then be a good little girl"The figure spat out anger, but as the little girl could not see properly threw her wet eyes. she did not see the figure move before a sharp stabbing pain hit her neck and she blacked out...
The girl only once again open her eyes to be in a room that she did not know and have a man in fancy clothes that sat beside the bed she was on saying " You are to be my daughter and to not tell anyone your past so from now on you shall be know as Sara boo"
Sara laid asleep in her bed roughly as she slowly started to slip off the side of her bed as she tried to get away from her nightmare before clumsily falling onto her face. "Ow..." she murmured and pushed herself up off the wood floor of her breathed in shaking nervously taking in her surroundings.
It was two days after the tea party with the commanders and her so called dad Sara refused to make any contact with Mr. Boo so she was not forced to do anything with the commanders, but sooner or later she would have to or her father was surely going to give out her secret.
She stretched out her arms and legs as she got up off the floor before going to her desk to look over her manuscript she had finished. She was free of writer's block and man did she feel free now before she started skipping around her apartment to put her things for school in her bag as she had gotten up early so she might as well start her daily routine early too.
First she would pack her school thing, then eat breakfast before taking a shower and dress in her uniform afterwords, but most of the time she just missed brekfist6 cause of her bad habit of sleeping in late.
(Ding! Ding!)
Sara heard the bell on the mailman's brick call signaling that he had dropped off her mail as She grinned happily getting out of the shower. she put on her robe before heading at lighting speed, down stairs to get the mail. Sara loved mail as it gave her hope that someone would care to mail something to her.
After carefully coming back inside her apartment with her holding her mail like it was a god, Sara shuffled threw the pill of letters, there were mostly bills but one letter stuck out to her.
It was from Miss. Yeager!
Sara's eyes sparkled with anticipation as she ripped the letter open and read it as fast as she could before frowning her brow in confusion. Why would Miss. Yeager want her to bring her son home? Was he too young to walk home alone or was he in danger? Sara did not know but if Miss. Yeager needed her help, Sara would gladly give it to such a loving lady.
Sara changed into an old pare of dark green shorts that went to her knees, a baby blue t-shirt and some old worn out sandal's before braiding her hair into pigtail's. She grabbed her bag with one strap and rapped it around her shoulder before heading out to where the letter said the boy would likely be, but as she walked past Tasty Treats, she noticed the man from before sitting there on his bench again but this time it looked like he was waiting for someone.
Sara soon figured out who he was waiting for when he noticed her and got up making his way to her. She worried if he was a stalker of some sort Sara panicked. she should have just left him alone!
"Ma'am, I wanted to say thank you for your company yesterday..." the man said blankly holding out his hand to shake but sara shacked her head stiffly in no before speed walking past him to get away because if he was around then that would mean his other solder buddies are to be close by as well as their commander who of which Sara did not want to meet again, just yet.
Sara, could hear the man call for her but she was already too far away to know what he said. She made her way to the stream where an oak tree and a two children Sara's age sat. She had found Eren Yeager and Mikasa, the two children Miss. Yeager had wanted her to find and bring home for her.
"E-excuse me! A-are you two Eren and M-Mikasa?"Sara asked shyly walking up to the two who looked up at her surprise registered on their faces before the girl who was likely Mikasa face went stoic as the boy who was likely Eren looked suspiciously at her saying. "Yep that's us! What do you want?"
"I was told to bring you home... your mother wants you to be on time for dinner... I'm Sara" Sara said slowly coming out of her shyness but still shyly smiled to them. Mikasa nodded getting up right away as Eren lazily got up before they all headed home but they were side tracked by the guards and Sara had to wonder if Eren new one of them before she was proven right.
Eren went on to arguing with them and Sara looked towards Mikasa as if to ask if he was like this all the time which she confirmed with a node. Sara giggled a little at that before the guards noticed her and smirked. "so who is the new friend you got with you, Eren? she your girlfriend?"
"N-No! she's just here to take us home for my mother!" Eren stuttered out hiding his face from Sara's view but she could see his red ears and giggled again before introducing her self politely to the two men. "I'm Sara Boo, it is nice to meet you" Sara regretted saying her last name the moment it came out of her mouth as the guards froze and weakly smiled in pity at her. she did not need their pity. she hated it.
Eren asked Sara why they had acted so strangely to her name as he had caught on to the tension after the tree of them left the guards. she explained to them that her father was a very rich and powerful man who is well know threw out the military forces and government in the walls but she refused to ell them anything else as it was none of their business to know.
A loaded march went threw the town street they were walking by and had to stay and watch because Eren wanted to see it. Sara hid behind the men and woman so if there was a chance Erwin smith was in the march or the man from the market she would remain unseen by them.
Eren and Mikasa went on two boxes to get a better look while i tried to remain in my place but Eren saw me, pulling me up on to his box with him. She looked at him confused before he grinned at her.
"Here you can get a better look at them from here!" Eren whispered excitably as the commander came by making Sara freeze. she held her breath praying he would not look this way before he did. Erwin face was stoic before seeing hers and turned grimly pained.
Sara meet the seriously lost blue orbs of Erwin smith and he stopped his hours causing everyone to start whispering and looking Sara's way in concern. she could not look away and new she had to do something as brushing him off would make him think she did not feel anything for him which by her fathers orders is what she must do.
Sara stiffly jumped off the box and calmly walked over to the the commanders house as he got off it. she could see the torment he had faced in the battle and pain, it made her see a scared little boy in him.
"Smith... are you okay?" Sara asked soothingly as she brought her hands up to cup his cheeks and he tried to fake a smile which he failed at saying brokenly. "I've been threw worse..."
Sara bit her lip trying not to cry at the broken man before her who had to be sane in front of everyone. he was braking in front of her before she pulled his head to her shoulder and wrapped her arms around him tightly. "I know... you did well..." she whispered sadly before he wrapped his arms around her waist tightly in return trying not to cry. "your safe now..."
Sara could hear a people talking behind her before Erwin let go her, mounting his horse again. She saw an old woman on the ground holding a bloody clothe before the solder kneeling in front of her shouted out "The day was lost... we have... nothing! your son died because of me, I sent him to his death, I sent all of them to their deaths and there's nothing to show for it! all of it amounts to nothing!"
Sara could barley register what he had said before Erwin moved the horse foreword and away from the scene as Sara turned to see Erwin. she saw his grim expression and new what had happened. most of his fleet had died and they had gained nothing for it...
Sara touched his hand shocking him and looked at him with a Be-Strong-look before he road away out of her reach. She looked out where he left before returning to her job.
"Sara are you all right?" Sara flinched at Mikasa's voice coming out of nowhere behind her and she turned to see her holding Eren by the neck who was trying to fight some big and mean man. She looked at Sara in concern before Sara gave her an uneasy smile saying. "I'm not good around the army forces or anything to do with it..."
Mikasa nodded some how understanding before she went back to being stoic as she dragged Eren home with Sara walking quietly beside them. Eren looked at Sara for help but she just smiled shrugging helplessly before they arrived at the little homey hut that Sara visited a while ago.
Sara looked up at the hut like cabin house in something like a trance before seeing Mrs. Yeager come out the front door and start yelling for where they had been but when she saw Sara Mrs. Yeager smiled an thanked her.
Sara was planning on just dropping the Yeager's children off but apparently Mrs. Yeager had other plans as she demanded them all to come inside for diner. Sara did not mind though since she had nothing to eat for dinner anyway since she had been avoiding the market place for a while.
"So how have you been Sara? It has been awhile!" Mrs. Yeager said putting the food on the table before sitting in her chair at the dinner table as well. Sara explained what she had done at school with work and friends making sure as to not mention Mr. boo or the commanders.
The Yeager's each took turns in talking about what they had done for the day as Mrs. Yeager told about her friends children joining the army but part of the way through Mikasa interrupted saying Eren wanted to join. Sara did not really mind if he wanted to go, it was his choice after all but seeing how his family was reacting she felt bad for him.
In the silence of the tension in the room Erin's father defused the situation before saying he was heading out but as he was about to leave he tuned around and gave Sara the little box. she stared at it and then him in confusion before he winked at he saying good bye, but the thought of Erin's father leaving and the box were blown away as Erin had a tantrum before running away like a baby to Sara's bemusement. she disliked cowards people.
Sara gave the miss Yeager a apologetic smile before running after Eren with Mikasa following Right behind her after miss Yeager tells them to protect and help him. They caught up with Erin as he charged some bully's that looked to be bullying a little blond boy but Mikasa seemed to to scare them off as Sara stood their thinking that Erin needed endangerment.
Sara smiled calmly seeing them argue with each other and wondered if this was what it was like to have "A Happy Family" before she a lose strand of her hair to join the rest of her hair behind her left ear.
But then the earth shook...
A/N- Hope you liked this and cant wait to see the next chapter!